Understanding Carbon Fiber Fabric

1, carbon fiber is mainly composed of carbon elements of a special fiber, its carbon content varies with different types, generally more than 90%, with the characteristics of general carbon materials, such as high temperature resistance, friction resistance, conductive, thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance, but different from general carbon materials, Its shape is remarkably anisotropic, soft, machined into a variety of fabrics, and exhibits high strength along the fiber axis. Carbon fiber has a low specific weight and therefore a high specific strength.
2, carbon fiber is made of high carbon content, in the heat treatment process of non-melting man-made chemical fiber, by thermal stable oxidation treatment, carbonization treatment and graphitization process.
3, the main use of carbon fiber is with resin, metal, ceramic matrix composite, made of structural materials. The specific strength and specific modulus of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy resin composites are the highest among existing structural materials. In density, stiffness, weight, fatigue characteristics and other areas have strict requirements, in the need for high temperature, high chemical stability, carbon fiber fabrics have advantages.
4, carbon fiber is now widely used in sports equipment, textile, chemical machinery and medical fields.
5. Composite materials made by combining carbon fiber and epoxy resin become an advanced aerospace material because of their low specific gravity, good rigidity and high strength. Because every kilogram of the weight of the spacecraft is reduced, the carrier rocket can be reduced by 500 kilograms. Therefore, in the aerospace industry to adopt advanced composite materials. There is a vertical take-off and landing fighter whose carbon fibre fabric already accounts for a quarter of the weight of the aircraft and a third of the weight of the wing.